Show on map
- Wind & solar
- Storage
- Under construction
- Operating
- 10 · 100 · 1,000 MW
Map
- Wind & solar
- Storage
- Under construction
- Operating
Palmer: location and 6 exact-grade projects within 25 km. Basemap: Protomaps, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Palmer
Power plant · Solar
Key facts
Power plant · Solarran 19% of 2025 Operating- Capacity
- Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
- Commissioned
- 2019
- Net generation, 2025
- 5,747 MWh
- Grid
- 13 kV to Massachusetts Electric Co (ISNE)
- Location
- Hampden County, Massachusetts
- Operated by
- AES Distributed EnergySourceEIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Output
Details
Who’s behind it
No companies named in filings yet.
Interested in this project?
Set an alert Book a call Join the beta
Our team gets you what you need.
Beta: private project space · data room · readiness check
- Technology
- Solar source: “Solar Photovoltaic”
- Age
- 7 years since 2019
All 6 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Gem |
|
| Grid |
|
| Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025 | 19,608 |
| Capacity factor, 2025 | 0.187 |
| Net generation (MWh), 2025 | 5,747 |
| Balancing authority code | ISNE |
Solar array
Solar array
The array area counts panels and inverters only, not buildings, fences or the whole site.
- Array area (acres)
- 13.4
- AC capacity (MW)
- 3.5
- DC capacity (MW)
- 4.9
- Mounting
- Fixed tilt
- Site type
- Greenfield
- Began operating
- 2019
Source USPVDB
Source
- U.S. Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic DatabaseMap services and data are available from Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database, provided by the U.S. Geological Survey and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory via https://energy.usgs.gov/uspvdb
Timeline
- In service · EIA-860M
Sources
5 sourcesSources EIA-860M · GEM · USPVDB · EIA · EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Sources
- EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
- Global Energy Monitor — Global Integrated Power Tracker (unit-level power plants, eight technologies, all statuses)Global Integrated Power Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, September 2026 release (https://globalenergymonitor.org/projects/global-integrated-power-tracker), CC BY 4.0. Modified by Inframation: TransitionZero-sourced rows removed; statuses and technologies mapped to Inframation's vocabulary; figures aggregated. Copyright © Global Energy Monitor. Global Integrated Power Tracker, September 2026 release. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
- U.S. Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database (USPVDB) — USGS and LBNL; one row per facility with its array footprintMap services and data are available from Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database, provided by the U.S. Geological Survey and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory via https://energy.usgs.gov/uspvdb
- EIA Open Data bulk file — Electricity (ELEC.zip; monthly plant net generation and fuel consumption since 2001)Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electricity bulk data (Form EIA-923 monthly plant series)
- EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Around this plant
Nearby
within 25 km| Project | Kind | Away | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belchertown Solar PV + Battery Project Under construction | Solar + storage | 11.3 km | 5.6 |
| Stony Brook Postponed | Gas, combined cycle | 15.3 km | 422 |
| Palmer Renewable Energy Postponed | Biomass | 19.1 km | 42 |
| Riverside Holyoke Postponed | Hydro | 22.2 km | 1.1 |
| Hadley Falls Postponed | Hydro | 22.9 km | 3.5 |
| Chicopee BESS Under construction | Storage | 23.8 km | 5 |